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The ability of the Osun River to support biodiversity is being threatened by pollution and can only be rescued if the contamination ends.

The report in this morning’s paper about complaints to the Fisheries Minister by members of the group that set the quotas for the small pelagic fishery highlights the challenges of setting fishing quotas…

Beyond the sunlit ocean lies a vast abyss where organisms have to recycle every scrap available.

Climate policy has been based on a global average for salt marshes’ ability to capture carbon, but outside the tropics marshes accumulate less carbon.

The Indian summer monsoon rainfall affects the lives of over a billion people. By looking at how prehistoric climate changes affected it, scientists can contribute to its future prediction.

Bubble-net feeding is when whales blow bubbles from their nose to encircle their food, trapping their prey into a tight ball. A citizen scientist was the first to capture this behaviour in Australia.

‘Smell-free seas’ would be a disaster for marine life.

It’s well known that carbon in the atmosphere is causing global warming. What is less well known, outside of scientific circles at least, is the role oceans have to play in this. Our seas contain 60 times…

The deep sea is the largest habitat on earth and incredibly important to humans, but it faces many threats – from increased human exploitation to the effects of climate change. As this exploitation expands…

In a changing climate, ocean populations sometimes rise and fall in unpredictable waves. Scientists, managers and fishers must make economically and ecologically sound decisions based on long-term outlooks.